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Dallas re-signs Kari Lehtonen

May 11, 2010 in puckosphereallstars by other

The Dallas Stars have shown that they have confidence in goaltender Kari Lehtonen by giving him a 3 year contract extension that will earn him 3.55 million dollars per season.
Let’s look at his stats from over the past 3 seasons.
2007-08 GP:45 Record: 17-22-5 GAA: 2.90 SV%: .916 SO: 4
2008-09 GP:46 Record: 19-22-3 GAA:3.06 SV%: .911 SO: 3
2009-10 GP:12 Record: 6-4-0 GAA: 2.81 SV%: .911 SO: 0
So as you can see he is capable of stopping pucks it is just a matter of if he can stay healthy. If he can stay

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Lemaire retires

April 26, 2010 in puckosphereallstars by other

New Jersey Devils coach Jacques Lemaire has announced his retirement.

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Devils get good news, Gagne and Carter injured

April 21, 2010 in puckosphereallstars by other

This series has just went from almost out of reach to a few inches away. The Philadelphia Flyers have announced that Forward Simon Gagne will miss the next 3 weeks and Jeff Carter will be out until at least late next round (if they make it) as a Devils fan I was just trying to stay positive and it was hard. Now I have something to be positive about (as a Devils fan of course). 10% of the time the team that is down 3-1 in a series wins well for the Devils the

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Goalie Fever

April 19, 2010 in puckosphereallstars by other

The NHL has released it’s 3 nominees for the Vezina. Here are the nominees with their statistics.
NJD – Martin Brodeur 45-25-6 / .916 SV% / 2.24 GAA / 9 SO (Yet another great year)
PHX – Ilya Bryzgalov 42-20-6 / .920 SV% / 2.29 GAA / 8 SO (The Coyotes best player all year)
BUF – Ryan Miller 41-18-8 / .929 SV% / 2.22 GAA / 5 SO (All you need to see is his stats)
To be honest I think they are all great picks, who do you think should win?

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Devils outplay Flyers, lose 2-1

April 15, 2010 in puckosphereallstars by other

The New Jersey Devils played a very solid game yesterday, the only problem they had was the powerplay. In 6 attempts the New Jersey Devils failed to score just one and if they had of done so, they would have likely won however, they didn’t and in reality they lost and are down 1-0 in the series.
The next game is KEY for the Devils, if they lose they will be down 2-0 and heading to Philly….not how you want to start but if the Devils win the next game they will have the

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News & Notes

March 30, 2010 in puckosphereallstars by other

The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed Defenseman Kris Letang to a 4 year deal earning him 3.5 mil per season, this likely means the Sergei Gonchar will test free agency come July 1st.
Flyers Forward Dan Carcillo has been suspended 2 games for his cross check to the eye of Devils Forward David Clarkson.
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